page_title: Mass spectral interpretation
section_title: Ether
hierarchical_section_title: Mass spectral interpretation / Fragmentation patterns of specific compound classes / Ether
caption_attribution_description: English: Fragmentation modes of aliphatic ethers
context_page_description: Mass spectral interpretation is the method employed to identify the chemical formula, characteristic fragment patterns and possible fragment ions from the mass spectra. Mass spectra is a plot of relative abundance against mass-to-charge ratio. It is commonly used for the identification of organic compounds from electron ionization mass spectrometry. Organic chemists obtain mass spectra of chemical compounds as part of structure elucidation and the analysis is part of many organic chemistry curricula.
context_section_description: Ethers produce slightly more intense molecular ion peaks compared to the  corresponding alcohols or alkanes. There are two common cleavage modes. α-cleavage and C-O bond cleavage.
  Aromatic ethers can generate the C6H5O+ ion by loss of the alkyl group rather than H; this can expel CO as in the phenolic degradation.
caption: Fragmentation modes of aliphatic ethers
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